Book Club

2018

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 18, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Andy Garcia, Candice Bergen, Craig T. Nelson, Diane Keaton, Don Johnson, Ed Begley Jr., Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Dreyfuss, Wallace Shawn

Summary: Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through her decades-old divorce, and Carol’s (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down… Expand

Director: Bill Holderman

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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Leah Greenblatt

May 18, 2018

In an industry that defines “mature audiences” as anyone old enough to vote, a movie centered entirely on women over 65 — a sex comedy, no less — feels like some kind of small Hollywood miracle. Read full review

RogerEbert.comSusan Wloszczyna

May 17, 2018

This fairly laugh-packed comedy aims to address the desire for intimate companionship in older adults, an increasingly topical issue as more Americans live into their nineties. Read full review

April Wolfe

May 19, 2018

Even though it follows the map of every romcom before it, Holderman’s film still offers the too-rare chance to marvel at just how good these women are at their craft, how easily they inhabit the bodies and lives of other people. Read full review

Jocelyn Noveck

May 16, 2018

Book Club has a script that’s often so heavy on the corn — make that corn syrup — that it strains credulity and leaves you groaning. But then, darn it, suddenly it makes you tearful, with an unexpectedly genuine moment, or laugh out loud. It’s a credit to the cast, and the cast only. Read full review

IndieWireKate Erbland

May 16, 2018

It’s light entertainment meant to be shared, a big glass of summer fun that goes down easy. Read full review

Matthew Monagle

May 16, 2018

Book Club isn’t a movie for me. It’s probably not a movie for you, either. Book Club was written for an audience that will find loaded references to “50 Shades of Grey” delightfully risqué. Read full review

Ty Burr

May 16, 2018

This feeble excuse for a comedy made me angry, and if you have any cherished cinematic feelings for the quartet of actresses at its center, you may feel angry, too. Read full review

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Mikey1701

Sep 14, 2018

A very good comedy of older women’s Friendship,sex and what it takes to attract the opt-set sex.

Brent_Marchant

May 25, 2018

What a treat it is to see a quartet of veteran performers doing their best and enjoying themselves at it! That’s the stuff of “Book Club,” a light, frothy, albeit somewhat predictable chick flick for the mature set, but one that clearly has its heart in the right place and hits the right… Expand

GreatMartin

May 18, 2018

There is no doubt that if you enjoy watching actors Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen and Diane Keaton, let alone Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson and Craig T. Nelson among others this is a picture for you. Check out the trailer and what you see is what you get.… Expand

tropicAces

May 20, 2018

Look, this is innocent enough of a film, made for women who grew up with these actresses to enjoy watching them share a screen. There are a few laughs to be had along the way but mostly this is a Frankenstein of a movie, with sketches masquerading as scenes stitched together and a script… Expand

JSuperbowl14

Jun 3, 2018

This movie has a terrible issue when it comes to continuity and at times it feels like you are watching a film set in multiple parallel universes, it punishes the audience for watching it because it is impossible to understand what mistakes are and what are not by half way through. The whole… Expand

EludiumQ36

Sep 24, 2018

Bill Holderman, first-time director, must’ve fulfilled his fantasy of making a movie-length version of the Golden Girls series, because that’s what this is. Of all the things to focus on in your golden years, Holderman decides these gals are undersexed and in need of a lay. Then the… Expand

MrRockwell

Jun 15, 2018

The only thing more excruciating than enduring 90 minutes of the script’s inane, tiresome and cliche’ gibberish is the disconcerting shock of seeing Hollywood glamour icons looking over 100 years old. That’s notwithstanding Jane’s bad facelift and processed hairdo. At least it makes her look… Expand

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